A64: 3000+ vs. 3200+

[B S D]

Hello,

I am not planning to overclock, and I was wondering if it was really worth the extra $50 for a retail 3200+ over a 3000+.

This will be to run on a nForce 4 board with a single 512MB DIMM.

Thanks,
David

 

[caboob]

You wont notice the difference. Get the cheaper one. And next year, when you feel its long in the tooth speed-wise, it's overclockable extending its USEFUL life.

 

[CheesePoofs]

Originally posted by: caboob
You wont notice the difference. Get the cheaper one. And next year, when you feel its long in the tooth speed-wise, it's overclockable extending its USEFUL life.

:thumbsup:

 

[CraigRT]

you will not notice any real world difference.
benchmarks will be up slightly with the 3200 in most cases, but slightly is not noticeable in most cases.

 

[Avalon]

You definitely will not notice the difference between the two. Save the $50.

 

[Jeff7181]

If you're not doing anything like gaming or encoding either audio or video or editing very large images, I'd go with a 2800+ even... or the 90nm 3000+ for a VERY cool running processor.

 

[B S D]

Thanks for the info.

Gaming will be the main use for this machine.

 

[CaBoOse999]

All depends what you're doing but the 3000 should be fine.

 

[mickles]

Definitely save. If you're going for gaming, put that extra 50 towards a video card..

 

[Visual]

like everyone said already, you'll be better off with the cheaper cpu.

but i'd like to note that if you do have the extra 50 bucks, you better spend them on another 512MB stick of ram (ok, it's more like $70 or so). nforce4 is a dual-channel chipset, meaning it performs best with two sticks. plus, if you get to play any of the newer games having a gig of ram will be so much better.